The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 95
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1942
NUMBER 47
All Of The New
Courthouse
Furniture Arrives
Is Being Uncrated
And Installed In
Offices This Week
The long-delayed new steel furni-
ture for county officials arrived last
weekend and workmen have been
busy this week uncrating the big
shipment and moving it into the of-
fices of the various county officials.
All of the ol'd furniture which is
in good condition is also being unitiz-
ed in the various offices, but all of
the old home-made counters are be-
ing replaced.
Texas Cotton
Allotment Set
The total cotton acreage allotment
for Texas in 1942 will be 9,864,569
acres as compared with 9,880,197 ac-
res in 1941, George Slaughter, chair-
man of the Texas AAA committee,
has announced.
These figures • include various ad-
ditions to the basic allotment of 9,-
730,972 acres, the AAA official said,
as provided for in the; AAA program.
Increased yields, a smaller nation-
al allotment, and a decrease in the
number of farms growing cotton
were responsible for the 15,528 acre
cut in acreage, Slaughter, himself a
cotton farmer, explained.
"Under the AAA program, a farm
•on which no cotton is planted for
three consecutive years loses its cot-
ton allotment. In some sections of
the state, especially in East Texas,
many farms are being taken out of
cotton production altogether,"
Slaughter said, "and, as a result,
the mlmber of allotments and the
total acreage in allotments has been
going ~down in tl.-oac- factions. Off-
setting ?art of this cut is the in-
crease in the number of farms grow-
ing cotton in other sections, notably
West Texas."
The basic national cotton allotment
for 1942 is 26,598,438 acres compared
with last year's 26,699,917 acres.
Cotton yields in Texas are consid-
erably higher this year, primarily as
& result of conservation practices
adopted by farmers in cooperation
with the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture's program.
Texas Will Produce
More Pork In 1942
Texas farmers will exceed the min-
imum goal of 17 per cent increase
over 1941 set by the Texas USDA
defense board for hog production in
1942, according to E. M. Re^en-
brecht, swine husbandman of the A.
and M. College Extension Service.
"The woods and the plains literally
are turning to pigs," he adds.
Available figures indicate that the
increase in production from the 1941
fall Texas pig crop will be about 15
per cent over this year's spring far-
rowing. The increase for 1942 applies
to the spring farrowing as compared
with the corresponding period of
1941.
The outlook for hog prices for
1942 is good, the specialist says. The
slight drop in prices in the latter
part of October was seasonal and
temporary.
Emergency Crop
Loans To Start
iThe emergency crop loan office
will be open every Thursday morn-
ing for taking application, starting
January 8, it was announced this
week by W. R. D. Moncure, field
supervisor.
The applications will be taken in
the commissioners' room of the
courthouse.
KENNETH BARNES O. K.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C Barnes have
received word from their son, Ken-
neth, who is in the War zone, that
he is safe and well.
Kenneth has been in the Navy
since November 1940.
Claude Barnes, Jr., an older son,
is also in the Navy and is stationed
at the Naval Air Station, Sitka,
Alaska.
According to word received by his
mother, Lt, Hugh Everett Wandell,
is alive and well in the war zone.
Soil Conservation
Hearing Is Set
For January 14
Will Be Held At
Courthouse In
Rusk At 10 A. M.
County Agent C. Metz Heald calls
attention of all farmers to the offi-
cial notice of a soil conservation
hearing which appears elsewhere in
this issue regarding the proposed soil
conservation district for Cherokee
county. The hearing will be held at
the court house at ten o'clock, Janu-
ary 14.
The hearing is being held follow-
ing the filing of a petition November
22 by farmers of the county request- 1
ing such action.
Every farmer and business man
in the county should take an active
interest in this meeting and be pres-
ent at this hearing to testify as to
their willingness to support such a
program. Those who are not familiar
with the work should come and learn
about it, as it is very important, Mr.
Heald said.
Farmers Can Earn
Money by Tree Care
East Texas farmers can earn mon-
ey in their spare time this winter by
making improvement cuttings in
their farm woods to qualify for |3
an acre in AAA allotments.
According to the 1942 AAA Hand-
book for Texas, forestry practices re-
quired for this payment include re-
moval of crooked and diseased trees,
fire protection, and pruning of lower
limbs to improve the quality of the
timber.
Undesirable trees removed in the
cuttings may be sold or used on^tre
farm as fuel or posts. Farmers are
urged by the Texas Forest Service,
a division of A. and M. College, to
determine the acreage of woodland
to enter under the program by first
estimating the amount of timber to
be cut from the area which they can
profitably use or sell.
Work which must be done on the
timberland to qualify for AAA pay-
ments of $3 an acre is as follows:
1. Cut any dead, diseased, insect-
infested, crooked or very limby trees
and any trees of undesirable species,
such as black jack oak, which will
not grow into profitable forest pro-
ducts and which are interfering with
the growth of better quality trees.
iThe best trees left will make future
sawlogs, poles and piling. Those of
intermediate value can be cut later
for ties, ptilpwood and posts.
2. After the cutting of the poor
trees has been completed then the
area must be pruned. Only trees
which have been selected to make
the final crop of sawtimber or poles
need be pruned, however. Pruning
consists of cutting of all live and
dead branches on these selected trees
close to the tree trunk and to a
height of 17 feet up the trunk. This
pruning will help produce high quali-
ty, clear logs as the trees develop
in size.
In order to qualify for payment
by this practice the farm woods must
not be burned by fire.
Complete details on this new prac-
tice may be obtained from AAA
administrative officers, county
agents or Texas Forest Service pa-
trolmen. Farmers wishing to enter
their woodlands in this program
must first get the AAA official's
approval before beginning improve-
ment cuttings. All work must be
completed by November 30, 1942, to
qualify for 1942 allotments.
Farmers are advised to do this
work during the next two or three
months when other jobs on the farm
are slack.
Ki, :i,2
J. A. BANKS
Business on Upward
Trend at Rusk Stores
The business men of Rusk report
a brisk holiday business, with some
calling it the best in many years de-
spite the shortage of many commodi-
ties.
The outlook for the coming year
is voiced by many as being optimis-
tic, despite the war situation. Sev-
eral stated that they arc sold out
of many items, and will secure re-
placements as soon as possible.
Rusk Lions Club To
Gather Waste Paper
At the last regular meeting of the
Lions Club, a civic and patriotic com-
mittee was named, composed of V. J.
Long, Grady Ellis, and Joel Ward,
to assist in the gathering of waste
paper. This campaign in Rusk is
now underway, and all are urged to
begin to save their waste paper, box-
es, magazines, and all other kinds of
paper.
At a later date instruction will be
given on how to dispose of it. A con-
centration point will be secured, and
at intervals the paper will be sold.
The money will go to the Red Cross
and for the purchase of Defense
Bonds.
If any further information is de-
sired, people may contact any mem-
ber of the committee.
Dairy Cows Need
Shelter In Winter
Dairy cows left to shiver and shake
in the cold and wet of the open field
during winter have little reser • re-
maining with which to make milk,
says E. R. Eudaly, dairyman of the
A. and M. College Extension Serv-
ice. An open shed facing south will
keep cows dry and warm, and any-
thing which adds to their comfort
adds milk to the bucket. National
defense, Eudaly adds, justifies every
precaution to prevent a drop in milk
production this winter.
Dairy cows also need plenty of
hay, bundle feed, straw or other dry
roughages, and if possible, some sil-
age. The more roughage a cow eats,
the less grain mixture is required.
As a cow on dry feed puts about one
fifth of the water she drinks into
the milk bucket, sufficient for her
needs should be provided. It is de-
sirable to warm the water during
cold, bad weather.
Cows cannot maintain good pro-
duction without an adequate supply
of vitamin A, which is obtained from
green feed, even though the ration is
perfectly balanced as to protein, car-
bohydrates, mineral and water.
When getting moi'e than they need,
cows can store enough vitamin A to
last 60 to 90 days, depending upon
the amount of milk they are produc-
ing. This is an importain reason why
they need oat or some other green
pasture during the winter.
Eudaly says that farmers who
have no hay containing some green,
or silage, can supply their cows
with enough vitamin A to maintain
production by feeding one pound of
alfalfa leaf meal daily, four pounds
of peagreen alfalfa hay, or any other
peagreen hay daily, or six pounds of
yellow variety sweet potatoes.
As most of the roughage furnished
to cows in Texas is low in protein,
grain mixtures will have to be high
in that element in order to supply
the amount needed. Protein is the
only element in feed which stimu-
lates milk production. Cows getting
sorghum cane hay, Johnson grass
hay, grain sorghum bundles, ber-
muda grass hay, prairie grass or
other hays should be fed a grain mix-
ture which will analyze 21 to 22 per
cfent protein, depending upon the
quality of the hay. Further infor-
mation may be had by writing to the
Extension Service.
J. A. Banks Dies
In Car Crash
Near Brownwood
Four Others Killed
And Two Injured
In Accident
Funeral services were held at two
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the First
Baptist church in Rusk for Corporal
J. A. Banks, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Banks, of Rusk, who was in-
stantly killed early Friday morning
in a highway accident four miles
north of Brownwood. He was return-
ing to Camp Bowie for duty with
Company A, 143rd Infantry, after
having spent the Christmas holidays
here with his parents.
Four other young men who were
also returning to Camp Bowie were
killed in the crash, two of them in-
stantly, one a few hours later and
the fourth after a few days. Another
two of the seven occupants of the car
were seriously injured. Fatally in-
jured were Garland Dun, Paris;
Thurman Everhart, Granger; Weldon
McGee, Dallas, and William Presley,
Commerce. The two injured are John
P. Turner, Jacksonville, and Corp.
Williard R. Shew, Paris.
The dead and injured were taken
to Brownwood n ambulances from
that city, escorted by military police,
according to Lew R. Beam, assistant
company clerk, who was in Rusk Fri-
day. J. A. had been company clerk
for some time.
J. A. enlisted in Company A, 143rd
Infantry, at Rusk in 1937. He was
discharged early in 1940 after serv-
ing out his three-year enlistment. He
re-enlisted in the fall of the same
year, shortly before the Guard was
mobilized. He was a graduate of the
Rusk high school and served as depu-
ty district clerk up to the time the
Guard was mobilized. He had a splen-
did recorl with the company, accord-
ing to Capt. Pope A. Guinnn.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by five sisters and one brother. They
are Mrs. Layton Jones, Mrs. Archie
Dear, Misses Bobbie Jane Banks, Ad-
die Virginia Banks, and Margie Ma-
rie Banks, and Edgar Banks, Jr., all
of Rusk.
iThe body was returned to Rusk
Friday night by W. H. Wallace.
The funeral service was conducted
by Rev. John A. Williams, with W.
H. Wallace in charge of arrange-
ments. Burial was made in Cedar
Hill cemetery. Local boys who are
members of Company A served as
pall bearers. They are Atticus B.
Davis, Barney Ray Bane, William
B;. Butler, Ray ford Singletary, Jew-
el and Carl Wallace, Earl C. Tomp-
son and Elzie Jenkins.
Honorary pall bearers were W. T.
Norman, M. B. Ellis, J. C. Williams,
Tom Penn, Tom Guinn, Alvin Sher-
man, E. B. Musick, W. H. Hanna,
Pope A. Guinn, J. P. Acker and J. B.
Porterfield.
Rusk Is Weather
Observation
Station Now
County Agent To
Make Daily Reports
To Central Station
Application was made recently for
a weather station to be established
Plan To Start
Preliminary Flying
Course In Rusk
Will Open Way For
High School Grads
Into Air Corps
The opportunity will soon be pre.
sented for young men between the
in Rusk, and through the efforts of I ages of twenty and twenty-six with
C. Metz Heald and Representative; high school educations to become fly-
Nat Patton the permit has been
granted. The equipment has arrived
and is now being set up.
This station is much larger than
the regular rain gauge equipment, as
the maximum temperature will be
recorded daily, and other weather re-
ports will also be made daily to the
central weather office.
Mr. Heald will be the official
weather observer and Claud Manning
his assistant. The weather apparatus
will be at Mr. Heald's home.
People Warned About
Probable Tire Thefts
Sheriff Frank Brunt this week is-
sued a warning to all citizens of
Cherokee county regarding the dan-
ger of tire thieves and told them
what precautions to take.
Following is Sheriff Brunt's state-
ment:
"I would like to take this oppor-
tunity to request all owner of auto-
mobiles and other vehicles with tires
on them, to check the serial num-
bers, the make, and the condition of
the tires, and then write it down on
something where you can keep it in
your possession.
"We all know there is a shortage
of tires, and the tire thieves may
start making raids on owners. In
case this happens, the injured party
can then be able to furnish the in-
vestigating officers full information
on the tires, which the officers will
need to find anr identify them.
"Please co-operate with us in this
matter, as it will be as beneficial to
you as it will be to the officers."
Whitesides To
Be Candidate
Washington Whitesides announced
this week that he will be a candidate
for re-election subject to the Demo-
cratic primaries in July.
His formal announcement will ap-
pear later.
ing cadets and to become commis-
sioned officers in the air corps. In
the past, commissions in the air corps
have been limited to those with two
years of college work.
Plans were formulated Tuesday at
a joint meeting of the Rusk Kiwanis
Club with members of the Rusk and
Alto Lions Clubs. Capt^ Kolbein
Johnson of the Houston branch of
the air corps recruiting service, sta-
tioned at Lufkin, was the guest
speaker and outlined the provisions
for establishment of training schools
which offer a tree months course in
the essential subjects covering the
two years of college work. The
course is a stiff one and only men
who are willing to study hard will
be able to make the grade. Five re-
quired subjects include English
grammar and composition, arithme-
tic, higher algabra geometry aind
trigonometry. Two other optional
subjects will be arranged.
Students pay a tuition fee of twen-
ty-five dollars for the course which
is to be taught by local teachers
three hours a night, three nights a
week Capt. Johnson said experience
had shown that is is essential to
charge the tuition fee in order to
keep the course limited to students
Who are actually interested. Few
this reason, he advised against &
suggestion that the school be
ced by outsiders.
Students receive no pay while talfPRk
ing the preliminary course, but
completion, if they are able to
the entrance examination, ther
admitted into the air corps as flying
cadets at seventy-five dollars per
month plus board and uniform. If
they complete the cadet course, they
are commissioned as second lieuten-
ants. Physical examinations are giv-
en before the preliminary course is
started.
Carroll H. Payne
Enlists In Air Corps
Carroll H. Payne is now a member I Following the discussion by Capt.
Johnson, it was voted unanimously
that the three service clubs sponsor
IMPORTANT CORRECTION
The Cherokeean is in receipt of the
following statement from the local
AAA office. _ H =
"We will appreciate your assist-j 0£ ^jg entrance into military service.
ance in correcting two errors which
were made in a press release issued !
by the AAA though the Extension
of the first class of aviation cadets
to enter the Air Corps Replacement
Center (Aircrew) at Kelly Field,
Texas, silnce the entrance df the
United States into World War II.
This class entered its training with
a new determination December 20.
Aviation Cadet Carroll H. Payne
is the son of Mrs. Kate Payne of
Rusk.
Upon completion of the course at
the Replacement Center, he will en-
ter one of the primary schools lo-
cated on the Gulf Coast Air Corps
Training Center Area.
Payne was a member of the class
of '33 at Rusk high school and was
a member of the football and basket-
ball squads in 1930, 1931 and 1932.
He went to Houston in 1936, where
he was an employee of the Humble
Oil & Refining Company at the time
Service for release Tuesday, Decem-
ber 23. I
"In the story, it was stated that
the closing date for the 1941 cotton
loan was December 31, whereas the j
correct date is May 1, 1942.
"Also, cotton loans will mature on
demand or on July 31, 1942, instead
of April 30, as reported in the story.-' j
Parity And Pea
Checks Arriving
To date the Cherokee County ACA Officers Elected By
the preliminary training course to be
taught in Rusk and to start as soon
as arrangements can be worked out.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to carry the plan to comple-
tion: W. A. Miller, chairman; E. R.
Gregg, W. T. Norman, D. B. Law-
son, Gerald Chapman, Curtis Ains-
worth, A. S. Moore, Moore Decker,
H. H. Hartt and Clyde Poore.
W. A. Miller announced Wednes-
day that he v ill call a meeting of
the committee for next Monday
night at seven-thirty. The meeting
will be held at Deckard's cafe. At
that time it is hoped to work out
plans for the opening of the school
and possibly to announce when the
classes will' start.
Preceding the business discussion.
Misses June Odom and Margaret
York sang some old World War
songs with Mrs. Webb Finley at the
piano.
office has received for 1941, 6371
parity checks amounting to $112,-
904.59, and 4678 parity checks
amounting to $86,645.32 for 1940, it
was announced by Joe W. Williams,
secretary, Cherokee county ACA.
Also received are 172 agriculture
conservation checks (pea checks)
amounting to $8,068.31.
The first checks received for the
1940 program were received January
18, 1941.
The progress of the farm program
is considerably ahead of the the same
date last year.
Employment Service
Under Federal Control
The Texas Employment Service
was taken over by the federal gov-
ernment as of January 1. It is now
known at the U. S. Employment
Service.
The office has been moved from
the city hall to the basement of the
.he order requires that the! courthouse. Office hours are eight to
Post Office Lobby Is
To Be Locked Evenings
On orders from the post office de-
partment, it will be necessary to dis-:
continue the practice of leaving the ;
post office lobby open after six
o'clock for the convenience of pa-;
trons who have boxes.
Danger of sabotage of federal
buildings has prompted the order to j
bo issued for all buildings to be lock-
ed after working hours. The post of-
fice will be open Sundays and holi- !
days while employees are putting up |
the mail. Ordinarily this will be from
about seven in the morning until
five in the afternoon. In case it is j
necessity y tor employees to leave the
builiiiiifc,
lobby be locked.
twelve each Wednesday morning.
High School Clubs
Several high school clubs have
elected officers recently.
The Social News Reporters elect-
ed Diamond Perkins, president; Er-
nest Clark, first vice-president;
James Hughes, second vice-presi-
dent; David Hurlbut, secretary; John
Harper Stevens, assistant secretary,
and Rosamond Fisher, program
chairman.
The following officers have been
elected by the World Observers
Club: Mary Francis Laney, presi-
dent; Peggy Roach,and Morris El-
liott, first and second vice-presi-
dents; Virginia Banks, secretary; Jo-
Elinor Miller, assistant secretary,
and Peggy Roach, JoElinor Miller,
and Bill Abies, program committee.
The following officers have been
elected by the Civics and Economics
Club: John Harper Stevens, presi-
dent; John C. Williams, secretory,
and Wilson Iianna, program chair-
man.
The clubs have bought in exccss of
thirty dollars in defense stamps.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 95, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1942, newspaper, January 1, 1942; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth325875/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.